• 3 months ago
In an exclusive interview with journalist Bharathi S. Pradhan for Lehren Retro, '80s sensation Vijayta Pandit revealed shocking details about her love story with debut film co-star Kumar Gaurav, who later got engaged to Rima Kapoor. She said, “Bunty (Kumar Gaurav) got angry when she praised Rima’s diamond ring." Watch the interview to discover the full story!

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00:00Actually, to be honest, I have never spoken about this earlier.
00:14I know that you have never spoken about this and you are giving an interview after so many
00:20years.
00:21But I would really like to know the full story, what happened?
00:25I have been knowing you since then, so I know that if anyone sees or writes about your life,
00:32there is a lot of drama and tragedy, what have you not seen in your life?
00:40By the time you reach 50, you have seen a lot.
00:43As much as I have seen, I don't think anyone has seen the ups and downs of life.
00:49Exactly.
00:50So that's why I want to know for the first time, because you have never spoken about this.
00:56Never.
00:57Do tell me what happened.
00:58Actually, when the love story was being made, naturally it was a love story.
01:03And you were very young, 14 years old.
01:07I think Bunty was the first boy whom I hugged in the film.
01:11Exactly.
01:12And all those experiences were so new for me.
01:15You know, it happens, it's very natural.
01:33That's true.
01:34You know, all the actors, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, they fell in love.
01:37Correct.
01:39Bobby, the film itself was like that.
01:41In such films, you have to get into it and you know, you have to feel the role.
01:46Correct.
01:47So when you do such scenes and such passionate scenes, love is very natural.
01:52And you were young too.
01:54The first time I saw a boy who was touching me and you know, that feeling.
02:02Correct.
02:03So we both fell in love.
02:05You fell in love, both of you?
02:07Both of you.
02:08We fell in love.
02:09And the film shooting had started in Kashmir.
02:12It was a two-month shooting.
02:15And Bunty was very fond of me.
02:17She used to follow me around, sing songs, do this and that.
02:21She used to hold my hand and dance with me.
02:23And I was in a very different situation because my elder sister Maya used to be with me in the shooting.
02:29And she was quite a strict kind of a woman.
02:33She used to say, don't talk to Bunty so much, don't roam around so much.
02:37Come and sit next to me.
02:39I had that restriction, but still, we used to love each other.
02:44And he used to make me laugh.
02:46He used to be a very charming boy.
02:49So eventually we fell in love.
02:53And Rajendra Kumar could guess that he was falling in love.
02:57So he was very much against it.
02:59Rajendra was also a producer.
03:01Yes, he was also a producer.
03:03And he was also Kumar Gaurav's father.
03:06So he didn't like it that he was falling in love.
03:09So he used to get very angry.
03:11So even I could guess that he was getting very angry, me talking to him or he talking to me.
03:17So even in the middle of the film, he used to scold Bunty by drinking at night.
03:23He used to scold her.
03:25If you work, then something will happen.
03:27If you fall in love from now on, then what will happen to your career?
03:30You should not fall in love with this girl.
03:33You are my prince.
03:35I will bring a princess for you.
03:37I will marry you to a rich girl from a rich family.
03:41I used to get so scared.
03:44How does he speak?
03:46So Bunty also used to retaliate.
03:49I love her, I don't care about...
03:52He used to tell his father?
03:54Did he tell his father?
03:56Both of them used to drink.
03:58Bunty used to drink in Kashmir.
04:00And they used to argue with each other about this.
04:04And I used to get so scared.
04:06In the middle?
04:08Yes, I used to sit on the side and let them hear.
04:11I used to get very scared that I should not talk to him.
04:14I should be away from him.
04:16I used to try and get away from this situation.
04:20But I did fall in love.
04:23You have a heart that doesn't listen.
04:25Yes, I have a heart that doesn't listen.
04:27Because it was the first love of my life.
04:30So I used to scold him, I used to get angry.
04:33He was just waiting for the film to be completed with Bunty.
04:37Then I will see what happens.
04:39And the film was released.
04:41It was a super hit.
04:43It was a blockbuster hit.
04:45But in the middle he got engaged to Raj Kapoor's daughter also.
04:49I don't like to talk about this.
04:51Reema is settled now.
04:53I know everybody is settled.
04:55You are settled, he is settled, Reema is settled.
04:57Everyone is settled.
04:59But you are saying that you had a relationship.
05:02But in the middle he got engaged to Reema also.
05:05Yes, in the middle half of the film had been made.
05:07Love Story and our love had become like that.
05:11After that Rajendra Kumar's 100K.
05:14He is getting head over heels in love with Reema.
05:17He is getting head over heels in love with this girl.
05:19So he got engaged to her.
05:21Because Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar had agreed to get them married.
05:25So he got engaged to her.
05:28And you also went.
05:30Yes, I went for the engagement.
05:32When I saw Bunty, I went with a nice dress.
05:36I went happily.
05:38So I saw that Reema had given such a big diamond ring to Bunty.
05:42So I said, Bunty, this ring is so beautiful.
05:45So he was getting so angry.
05:48If you don't like it, I will throw it.
05:51So I said, Bunty.
05:53And Reena Roy was standing with me with Sulakshna.
05:56I said, I ran away.
05:58I said, he is mad.
06:00So Reena Roy told my sister,
06:04Sulakshna, he has a lot of love.
06:08Did you see how Bunty was throwing the ring in front of Reema.
06:12I said, take care.
06:14I said, now the engagement is done.
06:16Everything is fine now.
06:18So the engagement was done.
06:20Then Bunty still started coming to my house.
06:23I never went to his house.
06:25He used to come to meet me.
06:27But were your family okay?
06:29Was he engaged to someone else?
06:31No, no.
06:33My mother and father were very upset.
06:35He was engaged to Raj Kapoor's daughter.
06:38Then why does he come here?
06:40My father said, I will go to Rajendra's house.
06:42I will say, your son is coming to my house.
06:44He is engaged.
06:46You stop him.
06:48I said, don't do this, daddy.
06:50They will kick you out.
06:52They will kick Rajendra out.
06:54Do you know how angry they are?
06:56My mother used to get so scared.
06:58That this boy comes here.
07:00He is getting married.
07:02My mother asked him one day.
07:04Son, you are engaged.
07:06And you are getting married there.
07:08So don't come to meet my daughter.
07:10It is not good.
07:12He said, no aunty.
07:14I am engaged.
07:16But I will marry Vijita.
07:18I said, how will you marry?
07:20You are already engaged.
07:22He said, no aunty.
07:24I will talk to my parents.
07:26I want to marry her.
07:28Your mother was a Krishna devotee.
07:30My mother was a Krishna devotee.
07:32She had taken Diksha.
07:34She had built temples all over the world.
07:36She had built temples all over the world.
07:38She was a Diksha devotee.
07:40She used to make 16 garlands in a day.
07:42She said,
07:44Son, you are saying this.
07:46This is impossible.
07:48She used to speak in Hindi, not English.
07:50Son, how will this happen?
07:52You are already engaged.
07:54She said, if you marry her,
07:56then you come to this house.
07:58Otherwise, don't come.
08:00That's what my mother told me.
08:02I said, no aunty.
08:04He said, I am making 16 garlands.
08:06He said, if you marry Vijita,
08:08then you come here.
08:10You will marry her.
08:12He swore on that garland.
08:14He swore on that garland.
08:16Aunty, if I marry, I will marry Vijita.
08:18Otherwise, I will not marry.
08:20Swear on God, this is fact.
08:22Swear on God, this is fact.
08:24I don't know what happened.
08:26A few years later,
08:28I came to know.
08:30A few days ago, I came to know
08:32that he was engaged to Namrata Dutt.
08:34Sunil Dutt.
08:36He broke that engagement.
08:38I was not involved in it.
08:40I was not involved in it.
08:42By the way, your name was mentioned
08:44that because of Vijita,
08:46his engagement was broken.
08:48No, no. I always told Bunty,
08:50you are engaged. Bunty, please
08:52don't come to our house.
08:54But he didn't agree.
09:02Music
09:04Music
09:06Music

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